City of Melton
Migration by age and location
Between 2016 and 2021, the LGA with the highest net migration to the City of Melton (+11,468) was from Brimbank, whilst the highest net loss (-1,574) was to Moorabool.
The age structure of people who move into and out of the City of Melton is strongly influenced by the residential role and function of the area and can influence demand for particular services. For instance, inner city areas near employment, education and entertainment tend to attract many young people in their late teens and early twenties, who move out in their late twenties and thirties to start families in suburban areas. Rural areas tend to lose young people and gain older families and retirees.
Understanding the City of Melton's attraction to different age groups helps to plan services for the community as well as advocating with other levels of government and private enterprise to provide infrastructure, employment opportunities and facilities which may help to retain age groups which are otherwise leaving the area.
To see annual migration patterns (outside the Census), please refer to the Annual migration by location page. Note - please use this with caution as currently the annual migration numbers are based on pre-Census change-of-address records and may not match the numbers on this page from the 2021 Census
Derived from the Census questions:
'Where does the person usually live?' and 'Where did the person usually live five years ago (at 10 August 2016)?'.
| Net gains and losses by LGA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Melton - between 2016 and 2021 | ||||
| LGA | In migration | Out migration | Net migration | |
| Brimbank | 21180 | 14,600 | 3,132 | +11,468 |
| Wyndham | 27260 | 4,124 | 1,780 | +2,344 |
| Maribyrnong | 24330 | 1,219 | 511 | +708 |
| Moreland | 25250 | 971 | 386 | +585 |
| Hume | 23270 | 2,016 | 1,445 | +571 |
| Greater Dandenong | 22670 | 502 | 98 | +404 |
| Moonee Valley | 25060 | 1,150 | 823 | +327 |
| Whittlesea | 27070 | 720 | 405 | +315 |
| Hobsons Bay | 23110 | 750 | 445 | +305 |
| Blacktown | 10750 | 312 | 50 | +262 |
| Darebin | 21890 | 397 | 137 | +260 |
| Cumberland | 12380 | 158 | 15 | +143 |
| Casey | 21610 | 402 | 262 | +140 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown | 11570 | 153 | 22 | +131 |
| Monash | 24970 | 289 | 177 | +112 |
| Glen Eira | 22310 | 183 | 103 | +80 |
| Yarra | 27350 | 150 | 75 | +75 |
| Parramatta | 16260 | 91 | 20 | +71 |
| Melbourne | 24600 | 494 | 431 | +63 |
| Brisbane | 31000 | 229 | 171 | +58 |
| Stonnington | 26350 | 144 | 88 | +56 |
| Fairfield | 12850 | 62 | 9 | +53 |
| Liverpool | 14900 | 67 | 15 | +52 |
| Banyule | 20660 | 174 | 123 | +51 |
| Bayside (NSW) | 10500 | 61 | 12 | +49 |
| Darwin | 71000 | 90 | 41 | +49 |
| Griffith | 13450 | 46 | 0 | +46 |
| Frankston | 22170 | 128 | 82 | +46 |
| Swan Hill | 26610 | 80 | 35 | +45 |
| Whitehorse | 26980 | 165 | 121 | +44 |
| Penrith | 16350 | 64 | 20 | +44 |
| Launceston | 64010 | 65 | 23 | +42 |
| Palmerston | 72800 | 47 | 6 | +41 |
| Boroondara | 21110 | 138 | 98 | +40 |
| Central Coast (NSW) | 11650 | 41 | 3 | +38 |
| Campbelltown (NSW) | 11500 | 58 | 20 | +38 |
| Stirling | 57910 | 46 | 9 | +37 |
| West Torrens | 48410 | 41 | 4 | +37 |
| Salisbury | 47140 | 61 | 24 | +37 |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | 45890 | 60 | 26 | +34 |
| Glenorchy | 62610 | 40 | 7 | +33 |
| Ryde | 16700 | 34 | 3 | +31 |
| Rockhampton | 36370 | 30 | 0 | +30 |
| Maroondah | 24410 | 101 | 72 | +29 |
| Port Phillip | 25900 | 193 | 165 | +28 |
| Charles Sturt | 41060 | 50 | 22 | +28 |
| Coffs Harbour | 11800 | 40 | 12 | +28 |
| Wagga Wagga | 17750 | 43 | 16 | +27 |
| Tea Tree Gully | 47700 | 27 | 0 | +27 |
| Toowoomba | 36910 | 29 | 3 | +26 |
| Strathfield | 17100 | 25 | 0 | +25 |
| Prospect | 46510 | 25 | 0 | +25 |
| Hornsby | 14000 | 23 | 0 | +23 |
| Georges River | 12930 | 22 | 0 | +22 |
| Edward River | 12730 | 22 | 0 | +22 |
| Goulburn Mulwaree | 13310 | 28 | 7 | +21 |
| Sutherland Shire | 17150 | 23 | 3 | +20 |
| Cairns | 32080 | 73 | 53 | +20 |
| Unincorporated ACT | 89399 | 145 | 125 | +20 |
| Canning | 51330 | 22 | 5 | +17 |
| Port Augusta | 46090 | 17 | 0 | +17 |
| Armadale | 50210 | 20 | 3 | +17 |
| Kwinana | 54830 | 16 | 0 | +16 |
| Gosnells | 53780 | 25 | 10 | +15 |
| Campbelltown (SA) | 40910 | 19 | 4 | +15 |
| Gladstone | 33360 | 29 | 15 | +14 |
| Swan | 58050 | 43 | 29 | +14 |
| Cockburn | 51820 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| Cassowary Coast | 32260 | 13 | 0 | +13 |
| Yarra Ranges | 27450 | 76 | 63 | +13 |
| Albury | 10050 | 51 | 38 | +13 |
| Inner West | 14170 | 18 | 6 | +12 |
| Maitland | 15050 | 15 | 3 | +12 |
| Leeton | 14750 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
| Wentworth | 18200 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
| Mount Gambier | 44620 | 19 | 7 | +12 |
| Greater Geraldton | 53800 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
| Joondalup | 54170 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
| Kalamunda | 54200 | 15 | 4 | +11 |
| Lake Macquarie | 14650 | 22 | 11 | +11 |
| Canada Bay | 11520 | 19 | 9 | +10 |
| Bayswater | 50420 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
| Marion | 44060 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Mundaring | 56090 | 12 | 3 | +9 |
| Northern Beaches | 15990 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
| Willoughby | 18250 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
| Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional | 16490 | 14 | 8 | +6 |
| Dubbo Regional | 12390 | 12 | 6 | +6 |
| South Gippsland | 26170 | 19 | 13 | +6 |
| Manningham | 24210 | 132 | 126 | +6 |
| Devonport | 61610 | 15 | 9 | +6 |
| Alice Springs | 70200 | 29 | 23 | +6 |
| Playford | 45680 | 42 | 36 | +6 |
| Belmont | 50490 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| Melville | 55320 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Wodonga | 27170 | 53 | 48 | +5 |
| Tamworth Regional | 17310 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| Mansfield | 24250 | 13 | 9 | +4 |
| Mildura | 24780 | 53 | 51 | +2 |
| Bega Valley | 10550 | 21 | 19 | +2 |
| Newcastle | 15900 | 13 | 11 | +2 |
| Bass Coast | 20740 | 33 | 32 | +1 |
| Benalla | 21010 | 17 | 16 | +1 |
| Hobart | 62810 | 22 | 21 | +1 |
| West Tamar | 65810 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Cardinia | 21450 | 89 | 89 | 0 |
| Port Stephens | 16400 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Knox | 23670 | 106 | 106 | 0 |
| Townsville | 37010 | 68 | 70 | -2 |
| Sydney | 17200 | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| Warrnambool | 26730 | 23 | 26 | -3 |
| Litchfield | 72300 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
| Kingston (Vic.) | 23430 | 102 | 107 | -5 |
| Nillumbik | 25710 | 40 | 45 | -5 |
| Strathbogie | 26430 | 12 | 18 | -6 |
| Fraser Coast | 33220 | 29 | 35 | -6 |
| Mackay | 34770 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| Tweed | 17550 | 6 | 12 | -6 |
| Ipswich | 33960 | 56 | 63 | -7 |
| Somerset | 36580 | 5 | 13 | -8 |
| Murrindindi | 25620 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
| Indigo | 23350 | 3 | 12 | -9 |
| Loddon | 23940 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
| The Hills Shire | 17420 | 13 | 22 | -9 |
| Horsham | 23190 | 18 | 28 | -10 |
| Port Macquarie-Hastings | 16380 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| Whitsunday | 37340 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| Onkaparinga | 45340 | 5 | 16 | -11 |
| Wollongong | 18450 | 17 | 28 | -11 |
| Mandurah | 55110 | 7 | 18 | -11 |
| Camden | 11450 | 4 | 16 | -12 |
| Scenic Rim | 36510 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Towong | 26670 | 0 | 12 | -12 |
| Wangaratta | 26700 | 6 | 18 | -12 |
| Gawler | 42030 | 3 | 17 | -14 |
| Buloke | 21270 | 17 | 31 | -14 |
| Rockingham | 57490 | 16 | 31 | -15 |
| Wellington | 26810 | 36 | 52 | -16 |
| Yarriambiack | 27630 | 0 | 16 | -16 |
| Gannawarra | 22250 | 4 | 21 | -17 |
| Colac Otway | 21750 | 6 | 23 | -17 |
| Greater Shepparton | 22830 | 86 | 105 | -19 |
| Alpine | 20110 | 0 | 19 | -19 |
| Moyne | 25490 | 0 | 20 | -20 |
| Wanneroo | 58760 | 35 | 57 | -22 |
| Bayside (Vic.) | 20910 | 45 | 68 | -23 |
| Corangamite | 21830 | 5 | 28 | -23 |
| Mount Alexander | 25430 | 18 | 42 | -24 |
| Murray River | 15520 | 13 | 38 | -25 |
| Southern Grampians | 26260 | 16 | 42 | -26 |
| Latrobe (Vic.) | 23810 | 47 | 73 | -26 |
| Bundaberg | 31820 | 0 | 27 | -27 |
| Baw Baw | 20830 | 13 | 42 | -29 |
| Federation | 12870 | 4 | 35 | -31 |
| Pyrenees | 25990 | 22 | 60 | -38 |
| Northern Grampians | 25810 | 11 | 50 | -39 |
| East Gippsland | 22110 | 36 | 77 | -41 |
| Ararat | 20260 | 6 | 51 | -45 |
| Moira | 24900 | 35 | 80 | -45 |
| Glenelg | 22410 | 36 | 83 | -47 |
| Campaspe | 21370 | 54 | 102 | -48 |
| Mornington Peninsula | 25340 | 42 | 90 | -48 |
| Central Goldfields | 21670 | 20 | 75 | -55 |
| Logan | 34590 | 48 | 111 | -63 |
| Redland | 36250 | 6 | 73 | -67 |
| Hepburn | 22910 | 22 | 92 | -70 |
| Sunshine Coast | 36720 | 34 | 107 | -73 |
| Moreton Bay | 35010 | 65 | 149 | -84 |
| Mitchell | 24850 | 89 | 173 | -84 |
| Greater Bendigo | 22620 | 154 | 249 | -95 |
| Golden Plains | 22490 | 42 | 139 | -97 |
| Surf Coast | 26490 | 13 | 145 | -132 |
| Gold Coast | 33430 | 94 | 253 | -159 |
| Ballarat | 20570 | 280 | 569 | -289 |
| Macedon Ranges | 24130 | 370 | 772 | -402 |
| Greater Geelong | 22750 | 363 | 916 | -553 |
| Moorabool | 25150 | 833 | 2,407 | -1,574 |
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window), 2021 (Usual Residence Data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
NOTE: Data shown in the table and map excludes any Local Government Areas which have a population movement of fewer than 10 persons into and out of the City of Melton.